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force with regard to this trade, and which, with the exception of the 

 additional regulation regarding the calculation of ship-dues, agree 

 entirely with those which are for the time being in force in most of the 

 custom-stations on the southern coast : • 



"1. Arriving lobster- vessels which intend to take lobsters in an outer 

 port, if they do not contain any goods subject to duty, but only ballast, 

 may be exempt from stopping at the custom-house to which the outer 

 port belongs, if the shipper immediately on his arrival reports himself 

 to the custom-house officer who may be stationed at that place, but if 

 there is no such custom-station there, at the nearest custom station, 

 where the custom-house officers may examine the vessel. 



" 2. Such vessels as have arrived in the outer port are exempt from 

 making their declaration at the custom-house before they commence to 

 take their cargo of lobsters ; but, when they commence, thev shall be 

 obliged to mention the exact number of lobsters which they intend to 

 export. 



" 3. Such vessels are permitted to make their declaration before the 

 custom-house at the same time with giving the quantity of lobsters about 

 to be exported. 



" 4. Such vessels, after having thus obtained their custom-house 

 papers for a certain quantity of lobsters, if they cannot get the quantity 

 mentioned in the port where they take their cargo, may take the lob- 

 sters that are wanting to make up the quantity mentioned in the papers, 

 in another port, either in the same custom-house district or in another. 

 The following, however, must be observed : 



"a. The custom-house officer stationed in the port shall mention in 

 the papers the exact number of lobsters that have been taken there, and 

 the custom-house officers in the port or ports which may be entered 

 afterward shall examine in how far the number of lobsters received 

 agrees with the number of lobsters specified in the papers. 



" b. If the lobsters are shipped in places where there is no custom- 

 house, the company's commissioner, or, if there is none, the person who 

 sorts the lobsters, may mention in the papers what number of lobsters 

 have been taken, whereupon the vessel may sail; but a copy of the 

 papers made under oath must immediately be sent to the nearest custom- 

 house. 



u c. The respective custom-house officer thereupon shall, in the case 

 mentioned under a, send a report regarding the insertion in the papers to 

 the custom-house to which he belongs, and shall, in the cases mentioned 

 under b, send the declaration of the persons who sorted the lobsters. 



" d. If the lading is completed in a district belonging to another 

 custom-house than the one where the lobster- vessel has commenced to 

 lade, the reports and declarations mentioned under b and c shall be 

 immediately sent by the custom-house where they have been received 

 to that custom-house where the lading has commenced, so that the 

 officers belonging to the latter may be able to determine ill how far the 

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